Vanessa
@vanessakristoff.bsky.social
Elder software engineer. Swiftie. Knitter. Traveler. Optimist. Unabashed feminist, liberal.
I called Sen. McCormick’s office this morning to tell him that since he sold himself to us as a businessy Republican he should be that instead of a batshit insane Republican. He won’t listen to me, though.
Pennsylvania’s Senators are all batshit insane, it seems.
Pennsylvania’s Senators are all batshit insane, it seems.
Sen. McCormick: "I think we're pushing on an open door here. Greenland, the Danish people, they want America in Greenland."
January 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I called Sen. McCormick’s office this morning to tell him that since he sold himself to us as a businessy Republican he should be that instead of a batshit insane Republican. He won’t listen to me, though.
Pennsylvania’s Senators are all batshit insane, it seems.
Pennsylvania’s Senators are all batshit insane, it seems.
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The Blocks can rot. As a historian, I hope not a one of them believes they'll leave this earth with a legacy worth honoring. As a Pittsburgher, I hope they leave and never come back, every last one of them. Never let them dine in this town or walk our streets in peace again.
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The Blocks can rot. As a historian, I hope not a one of them believes they'll leave this earth with a legacy worth honoring. As a Pittsburgher, I hope they leave and never come back, every last one of them. Never let them dine in this town or walk our streets in peace again.
I just left @johnfetterman.com yet another angry disappointed voicemail. What a terrible excuse for a senator.
Fetterman on Fox & Friends on Trump's Venezuela coup: "I don't know why we can't just acknowledge that it's been a good thing what happened ... I think we should really appreciate exactly what happened here."
January 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I just left @johnfetterman.com yet another angry disappointed voicemail. What a terrible excuse for a senator.
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Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit
The Trump administration is lashing out at performers who have chosen to cancel performances at the Kennedy Center following Donald Trump’s recent decision to deface the cultural institution with ...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
I still can’t believe people voted for this raving lunatic.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I still can’t believe people voted for this raving lunatic.
Every time Aaron Rodgers has a bad game as a Steeler, I feel so much schadenfreude. It’s delicious.
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Every time Aaron Rodgers has a bad game as a Steeler, I feel so much schadenfreude. It’s delicious.
You do not speak for Pennsylvania, ya big jerk. @fetterman.senate.gov
Fetterman on Morning Joe: "I know both of you have been punished to have conversations, ongoing dialogue with President Trump. I got hit just to have dinner with him after he invited me to have that conversation. Pennsylvania keeps people honest."
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You do not speak for Pennsylvania, ya big jerk. @fetterman.senate.gov
The NFL platforming Trump is sickening.
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The NFL platforming Trump is sickening.
It’s so different, watching election results come in without dread in your heart.
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It’s so different, watching election results come in without dread in your heart.
Hurray and also you’re welcome.
FUCK YES:
Democrats have retained a 5-2 seat majority in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
This is what democracy looks like.
Democrats have retained a 5-2 seat majority in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
This is what democracy looks like.
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hurray and also you’re welcome.
Squint and you can see me there.
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Squint and you can see me there.
Canceled Disney Plus even though I haven’t finished Season 2 of Andor. That’s how much I love this country.
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Canceled Disney Plus even though I haven’t finished Season 2 of Andor. That’s how much I love this country.
It was reckless, and we are all paying the price for his recklessness.
The Atlantic published an excerpt from former VP Harris’ book “107 Days” in which Harris laments what she calls the “recklessness” that led to former President Biden’s 2024 campaign.
@alivitali.bsky.social and @markleibovich.bsky.social join Chris Jansing to discuss.
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@alivitali.bsky.social and @markleibovich.bsky.social join Chris Jansing to discuss.
www.msnbc.com/chris-jansin...
Harris opens up in new book about Biden’s 2024 run: ‘Was it grace, or was it recklessness?’
The Atlantic published an excerpt from former Vice President Kamala Harris’ upcoming book “107 Days” in which Harris laments what she calls the “recklessness” that led to former President Biden’s 2024...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It was reckless, and we are all paying the price for his recklessness.
We really need to drop this business about his hands and his ankles. It’s like the Mueller Report in his first term; it ain’t coming to save us. We have to do the hard work of resisting, and not engage in death fantasies.
August 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We really need to drop this business about his hands and his ankles. It’s like the Mueller Report in his first term; it ain’t coming to save us. We have to do the hard work of resisting, and not engage in death fantasies.
Acid rain. Adults who smoked and drank in the car while driving us places. The hole in the ozone layer. All things I remember from my childhood.
August 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Acid rain. Adults who smoked and drank in the car while driving us places. The hole in the ozone layer. All things I remember from my childhood.
All these robotics companies are posting how proud they were to be involved in McCormick’s thing yesterday with Trump, and I am so glad I am retiring in the spring. I can burn as many bridges as I want in saying: I would never work for any of these people and their shitty companies.
July 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
All these robotics companies are posting how proud they were to be involved in McCormick’s thing yesterday with Trump, and I am so glad I am retiring in the spring. I can burn as many bridges as I want in saying: I would never work for any of these people and their shitty companies.
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Wouldn’t it be interesting if Florida’s official state tourism agency found out exactly what people thought about their brand new concentration camp? (I made a thing - feel free to copy and share)
[ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]
[ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]
July 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Wouldn’t it be interesting if Florida’s official state tourism agency found out exactly what people thought about their brand new concentration camp? (I made a thing - feel free to copy and share)
[ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]
[ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]
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He was humiliated last weekend. This weekend he bombed someone.
My guess is there is a relationship between those two events.
My guess is there is a relationship between those two events.
June 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
He was humiliated last weekend. This weekend he bombed someone.
My guess is there is a relationship between those two events.
My guess is there is a relationship between those two events.
I am so ashamed of our country and what we have done.
MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
June 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I am so ashamed of our country and what we have done.
I am assembling togo boxes for my wedding cookie table. I am at peak yinzer.
May 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am assembling togo boxes for my wedding cookie table. I am at peak yinzer.
This fills my heart with joy.
Breaking: Tesla’s net income sank 71% in the first quarter, hurt by competitive pressure and a reputational hit from Elon Musk’s polarizing role in the Trump administration
Tesla Profit Sinks, Hurt by Political Backlash
The auto maker’s net income fell 71% in the first quarter.
www.wsj.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This fills my heart with joy.
I am not fan of the Catholic Church, but on a human level, how sad that Pope Francis’s last day had to include JD Vance.
April 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I am not fan of the Catholic Church, but on a human level, how sad that Pope Francis’s last day had to include JD Vance.
Facilitate is indeed an active verb.
April 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Facilitate is indeed an active verb.
Proud to be about to marry one of these professors!
Along with @prmalone.bsky.social, @heidikitrosser.bsky.social, and several colleagues at Stanford, I filed this amicus brief on behalf of 363 law professors in support of Perkins Coie and the rule of law. We will file similar briefs for Jenner and Wilmer Hale
law.stanford.edu/publications...
law.stanford.edu/publications...
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE 363 LAW PROFESSORS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND FOR DECLARATORY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF | Stanford Law School
Amici 363 law professors submit this brief in support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and for Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief
law.stanford.edu
April 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Proud to be about to marry one of these professors!
Worth a read, but such a dark piece.
April 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Worth a read, but such a dark piece.